DRC: Rwanda-backed M23 militias to withdraw from key city
The M23 armed group, linked to Rwanda, has announced they are withdrawing from the Congolese town of Uvira, according to...
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Rwanda accused of violating US peace deal after new offensive
The US envoy to the United Nations Mike Waltz has accused Rwanda of violating a peace agreement after M23 rebels...
Rwanda-backed M23 militants take strategic Eastern Congo town
M23 militants have entered the Eastern Congo town of Uvira in a breach of peace agreements signed last week, reports...
Qatari Emir in DRC as regional peace efforts ramp up
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani is currently visiting Kinshasa, in the DRC, following recent peace efforts between...
Over 1,700 dead in DRC as cholera outbreak rapidly spreads
The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) described a concerning deterioration of the cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
DRC: cholera outbreak spreads, with over 1,700 deaths
The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) described a concerning deterioration of the cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
DRC nears end of Ebola outbreak
The last Ebola patient from the outbreak declared in early September was discharged on the 20th of October, marking the...
DR Congo and M23 rebels fail to make peace agreement
The Government of the DRC and the Rwandan-backed M23 paramilitary group failed to reach a peace agreement on 18 August,...
Mass killing by M23 threatens Rwanda–Congo peace deal, UN says
As Rwanda and Congo head toward a shaky peace deal, mass killings threaten to reignite one of Africa’s deadliest regional...
Uganda quietly deploys soldiers into the DRC, UN reports reveal
Without public announcement, or to the knowledge of Kinshasa, Uganda sends around 1000 new soldiers deep into the territories of...
Rwanda and Congo negotiations lead to a peace deal to be signed
On June 27th, Rwanda and DR Congo will sign a breakthrough peace agreement to end conflict and bring economic prosperity...
Nkosana Sithole kaMiya: Social media shrouds Congo and Sudan from sight
In a world increasingly shaped by the flickering images of social media, the pain of others has become a form...
Algeria ousted from Security Council in competitive UN ballot
Algeria has lost its seat on the UN Security Council during the election of new non-permanent members held on 3...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: Rwanda-DRC peace deal must listen to minority voices
More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into...
M23 rebels accused of ‘war crimes’ in DRC
M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are reported on May 27th to have incited violence...
